General Assembly Committee Bill No. 360
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4613
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 360
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4613
*_____SB00360PH____032613____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) The Department of Public Health shall develop programs to educate the relevant medical community and the general public, and promote research on, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections. Such programs shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) Clinical awareness programs for physicians and informational outreach programs for teachers and the general public; (2) epidemiological studies of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections within this state; (3) the establishment of a panel consisting of experts in the clinical and research communities on the diagnosis, care and treatment of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections, to assist with the development of practice guidelines for such diagnosis, care and treatment in this state; and (4) the establishment of a state liaison to develop science-based guidelines for the diagnosis, care and treatment of pediatric neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections with the National Institute of Mental Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
New section
PH Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable